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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment
stewards for the future. Contact: David Havelick Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) The Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) encourages research and education about the environment and its many... View Details
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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details
- 09 Nov 2012
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Noted Business Historian Dies at 72
- 16 Mar 2020
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How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
With COVID-19 cases growing worldwide, business leaders are scrambling to deal with a wide variety of problems, from slumping sales and stalling supply chains to keeping employees healthy and making sure they can continue working. We... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- May 2014
- Report
The Brink of Renewal: A Business Leader’s Guide to Progress in America’s Schools
This report focuses on the current state of U.S. PK-12 education. It highlights the converging trends that make this a special, promising moment in education reform. View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
while building platforms to educate leaders and catalyze action on this complex and expanding set of issues. Play Video duration: 3:02 Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of View Details
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
Summing Up How can business schools reprofessionalize management? The responses to this month's column can be characterized in several ways: 1) Business schools, particularly those regarded as being the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Reinventing a Business School in Japan
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Reinventing a Business School in Japan." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry 22, no. 4 (July–August 2003).
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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details
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Harvard Business Review | Baker Library
Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School's monthly publication covering business theory and practice. Access via Business Source Complete.... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
component of our national security and, ultimately, our energy independence." Ilya Minevich MBA 2013 | Network Effect "As business leaders, we can directly impact the progress of initiatives and solutions to address environmental needs."... View Details
- February 2015 (Revised June 2016)
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AltSchool: School Reimagined
By: John J-H Kim, Kyla Wilkes and Christine S. An
Max Ventilla and his team launches in 2013 AltSchool, a new network of tech-savvy independent K-8 "micro-schools." AltSchool is born out of Ventilla's frustration with the education options available for his young daughter. During his search, Ventilla comes to the... View Details
Keywords: Education Technology; School Models; Product Development; Entrepreneurship; Talent Development And Retention; Social Impact Investment; Information Technology; Business Model; Education; Business Startups; Customization and Personalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; United States
Kim, John J-H, Kyla Wilkes, and Christine S. An. "AltSchool: School Reimagined." Harvard Business School Case 315-054, February 2015. (Revised June 2016.)
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
change the very system that has caused poverty in poor countries in the first place. Here again the profit motive would come into play. The WDC would not only provide jobs and raise incomes, it would also improve education by giving... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Economics for Managers $1,850 Next 8-week session starts April 30th Enroll Now Gain economic insights and learn how markets work and firms compete to craft successful business strategies. 8 weeks 6-8 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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Jumia's Path to Profitability
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in September 2019 as Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara, co-founders and co-CEOs of Jumia, the leading Pan-African e-commerce platform, are contemplating the company’s path to profitability in the aftermath of a fragile investor sentiment, as the company... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Business Models; Business Model; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Jumia's Path to Profitability." Harvard Business School Case 721-355, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- 18 Oct 2010
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Business School Deans on the Future
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (223) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive... View Details
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From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Practice; Business Education; Labor and Management Relations; Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance; Knowledge; Production; Business Conglomerates; Education Industry; United States
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-071, January 2011.
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
As a Harvard Business School professor for 20 years, V.G. Narayanan has significant experience using the School's pioneering case method to teach business concepts—introducing a real-world management... View Details